Family and Education
b. Oct. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Holland† of Quidenham and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Knyvett† of Ashwellthorpe.Burke, Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 266; CB ii. 72; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 158. educ. Christ’s, Camb. Lent 1621;J. Peile, Biographical Reg. of Christ’s Coll. (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 337; Al. Cant. M. Temple 7 Feb. 1623.M. Temple Admiss. i. 114. m. c. Aug. 1629, Alathea (d. 22 May 1679), da. and coh. of John Panton of Bryncunallt, Chirk, Denb., wid. of William, 4th Baron Sandys, 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 5da.Burke, Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 266; CB ii. 72. suc. fa. 1626;Blomefield, Norf. i. 335-6. cr. bt. 15 June 1629.CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 574; Coventry Docquets, 26; CB ii. 72. d. 19 Jan. 1701.CB ii. 72.
Offices Held

Local: chief steward, Howard E. Anglian estates 1626–?G. Brenan and E.P. Statham, The House of Howard (1907), i. 158n. Capt. militia ft. Norf. 1626; col. militia, ? 1642 – July 1643, 1661–76.CJ iii. 159a. J.p. 1633–48, Mar. 1660–76, May-July 1679, 1684 – 88, 1689 – 1701; Suff. 2 Mar. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650; Thetford 1666-aft. 1670.Coventry Docquets, 68; A Perfect List (1660); Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 152; C231/7, pp. 275, 272, 381, 403, 514; C231/8, pp. 6, 12, 105; C231/6, p. 76; C181/7, p. 339. Commr. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 306. further subsidy, Norf. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660. by 1640 – aft.Mar. 1642SR. Dep. lt., 1660 – 76; Norwich Dec. 1642–?H. duc de Rohan, Complete Captain trans. J. C[ruso] (1640), sig. A2; PJ ii. 54; Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 152; CJ ii. 884a. Commr. assessment, Norf. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1679, 1689 – d.; Aldeburgh 1664, 1672, 1677; Thetford 1664, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Suff. 1677, 1679;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Norf. 1 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 251b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 260v. Norf. circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 13, 635. gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234v, 260v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 7 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 40. Norf. and Suff. 1 Aug. 1644-aft. Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 285, 522. subsidy, Norf. Suff. and Aldeburgh 1663;SR. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. 6 Dec. 1667;C181/7, p. 419. recusants, Norf., Suff. 1675.CTB iv. 698, 791.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 375b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642.CJ ii. 909a. Commr. exclusion from the sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. to receive king, 6 Jan. 1647.CJ v. 44a; LJ viii. 648b. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 849b; A. and O.

Civic: alderman, Thetford by 1669–82.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir John Holland’.

: 1st bt. (1603-1701), of Quidenham, Norf. 1603 – 1701.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HOLLAND, Sir John, 1st bt. (1603-1701), of Quidenham, Norf.

Will
13 Oct. 1699, codicil 23 Sept. 1700, pr. 1 Mar. 1705.PROB11/481/6.
Estates
owned land at Quidenham, Norf.
Oxford 1644
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